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Japan's Proposed 30-Year Robot Program
Gallamine writes "A group of Japanese researchers have proposed a Government plan to spend 50 billion yen per year (that's over 400 million $US) for 30 years on developing a robot with capabilities of a 5-year-old. Japan's current economy may prevent the plan from happening, but the interesting point is the parallels to the U.S. Apollo space program, America's attempt to put a man on the moon. While expensive, the benefits to the American population from that program are probably unmeasurable. Perhaps the U.S. Government should consider funding such a program over here?"
Perhaps instead, the US government should stop cutting funds allocated to education and "liberating" oil-producing countires.
Lets worry about the robots after we figure out how to pay back our debt.
10% Cute (or ugly to eveyone other than owner)
40% Crying
5% Crayon ability
15% Get daddy a beer
7% Underfoot
3% Questions beginning with 'Why'
20% Screaming, running, and breaking.
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let's let Japan do all the spending on the project, then we'll buy one of their fancy schancy new robots, and reproduce it ourselves.
I'm much rather have a 5 year-old with the capabilities of a robot.
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Does the use of '5 year old boy' as opposed to '5 year old girl' make anyone else a little uneasy? Actually thinking about it neither is particularly suited to the hotbed of hormones that is slashdot. Why not say 'equivalent to an average windows user'?
If you double the price and can get me a robot with all the capabilities of a 19 year old cheerleader, I'll call my congressman tonight.
I knew Japanese Anime are more of a documentary then entertainment! I can't wait to see huge robots fighting each other, being able to transform into jets and guardian modes! Plus with all the destruction that the robots will make, the Japanese construction companies will be busy for quite some time!
We don't even have a Big Guy to go with him!
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Heh, maybe it could work for Microsoft.
Could it get to the point where you have a "child" in a super human body?
We already have this. It's called "Mike Tyson".
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Just in time to send it to Mars to work on the power plant.
It would probably take my girlfriend and I about four years to produce something with the capabilities of the average 5-year-old.
I'm pretty bright, and my girlfriend recently graduated from CMU with a degree in CS, and is now attending Johns Hopkins. It would (roughly speaking) take a 4-year-old child with an IQ of 125 to match a 5-year-old.
And for the quarter billion per year Japan is spending, I'd be able to afford some pretty neat educational toys, too!
Somebody get that guy an ambulance!
I 've a couple. Will trade in for half the money.
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This is kind of a problem already. Ever seen interviews about sex with teenagers in small midwestern towns?
"What else is there to do?"
I wish I grew up in a small midwestern town.
It's nothing but crumpled porno and Ayn Rand.
Cool, they are making 5-year-olds obsolete.
Perhaps the U.S. Government should consider funding such a program over here?
5 year old minded robot? We already have Bush.
...to get robots with the capabilities of five year olds. Just clone Congress a couple of times.
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Wouldn't it be cheaper to purchase a 5 year-old?